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Harvest inches closer to completion

Information from the latest crop report, for the week of Oct. 22-28
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At long last, harvest is nearly complete. Despite weather conditions, farmers made good harvest progress last week. As a result, 90 per cent of this year’s crop is now in the bin. That is up from 83 per cent last week. 

The five-year average (2014-18) for this time of year is 96 per cent.

The west-central and northeastern regions are the most advanced with 96 per cent of the crop now combined. The southwest and northwest regions are 90 per cent combined, while the southeast region is at 88 per cent and the east-central region at 82 per cent.

Ninety-seven per cent of mustard, 96 per cent of canary seed, 94 per cent of barley, 93 per cent of chickpeas, 92 per cent of spring wheat, 90 per cent of durum, 88 per cent of canola, 76 per cent of soybeans, and 62 per cent of flax are now in the bin.  

Estimated average crop yields for the province are 38 bushels per acre for canola, 22 bushels per acre for flax, 1,024 pounds per acre for mustard, 28 bushels per acre for soybeans, 38 bushels per acre for durum, 45 bushels per acre for spring wheat, 66 bushels per acre for barley, 834 pounds per acre for canary seed, and 1,420 pounds per acre for chickpeas.

A complete version of the crop report is available online.

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